release date: Aug. 24, 2009
format: digital
[album rate: 2 / 5]
Track highlights: 1. "My Propeller" (3 / 5)
3rd studio album by Arctic Monkeys.
I find that the album is a rather huge disappointment. It's more like: "Say what!!? Left-handed, or just AM now without pilot?? Alex Turner decided to have someone else decide for a change."
The album hasn't even got one great song, and it's like you sense there's another agenda than sending out new songs. It's more like a statement from a highly popular band. They've already been lauded prize winners and both music critics and the audience love the band, so is this just to say: "Sod off, we do the unexpected. Have an American come in and produce, and take over our sound, so no one knows what happened!?" I dunno, I just don't like the result. The style is still indie garage rock but this time with a clear psychedelic element in a heavy and much darker production.
Not recommended.
